Dates: Thursday, May 4th through Sunday, May 7th
Site: Fox Den Country Club, Farragut, Tennessee
Course Architect: William Byrd (1969)
Par: 72
Yardage: 7,142
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 5 536 Yds 10 - Par 5 570 Yds
2 - Par 3 181 Yds 11 - Par 4 418 Yds
3 - Par 4 393 Yds 12 - Par 4 377 Yds
4 - Par 4 413 Yds 13 - Par 3 171 Yds
5 - Par 5 549 Yds 14 - Par 4 368 Yds
6 - Par 3 199 Yds 15 - Par 4 436 Yds
7 - Par 4 436 Yds 16 - Par 3 212 Yds
8 - Par 4 398 Yds 17 - Par 4 458 Yds
9 - Par 4 430 Yds 18 - Par 5 597 Yds
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36 3,535 Yds 36 3,607 Yds
Annual: 11th
1999 Champion: Jeff Gove
Runner-up: Marco Dawson, Carl Paulson, Glen Hnatiuk
Tournament Record: 261 (Tim Conley, 1993)
54-Hole Record: 194 (Tim Conley, 1993)
36-Hole Record: 128 (Tim Conley, 1993)
18-Hole Record: 63 (Rafael Alarcon, 1995; Deane Pappas, 1996; Craig
Kanada, Gene Sauers, 1998)
Course Record: 65 (Carl Paulson, 1999)
Total Purse: $400,000
Shares: 1st Place - $72,000; 2nd Place - 43,200; 3rd Place - 27,200
1999 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Jeff Gove 277 Guy Boros 279
Marco Dawson 278 Patrick Lee 279
Carl Paulson 278 Kris Cox 280
Glen Hnatiuk 278 Craig Kanada 280
Jason Tyska 279 Jim Estes 281
Richard Zokol 281
Past BUY.COM Knoxville Open Winners and Runners-Up
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1999 -- Jeff Gove (277) -- Marco Dawson, Carl Paulson, Glen Hnatiuk
1998 -- *Robin Freeman (270) -- Ryan Howison
1997 -- Dave Rummells (271) -- Matt Gogel, Terry Price
1996 -- Eric Johnson (272) -- Patrick Lee, Matt Peterson
1995 -- *Tom Scherrer (275) -- Mike Sposa
1994 -- Vic Wilk (275) -- Bill Murchison
1993 -- Tim Conley (261) -- Jerry Haas, L.Silveira, Tommy Tolles, G.Whisman
1992 -- #Brian Henninger (200) -- Curt Byrum, Tom Shaw, Rick Todd
1991 -- #Frank Conner (198) -- Perry Arthur, Paul Goydos
1990 -- #*Jeff Maggert (202) -- Greg Ladehoff
* - Won in Playoff.
# - 54-Hole tournament.
Note: Formerly called Ben Hogan Knoxville Open (1990-92), NIKE Knoxville Open
(1993-99).
Top Contenders in the Field
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Mark Carnevale - Former PGA player, was TV analyst last week in So Carolina
Keith Clearwater - Leads Tour in scoring, 4th in eagles, 1st in all-around
John Elliott - 11th on money list with two top-10 finishes
Mark Hensby - 2nd in scoring, 8th in greens in regulation, 2 seconds
Tripp Isenhour - 1st on money list, 2nd in birdies, 1 win, 3 top-five's
Rob McKelvey - Has one win and two top-10's, 5th on money list
Brett Quigley - Tied for 2nd last week to move up to 24th on money list
Fran Quinn - 7th on money list with one win in seven events
Sonny Skinner - Posted 1st top-10 of the year tying for 6th last week
Chris Smith - Tied for 2nd last week with final round of 66
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